http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp linking computing & the environment Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:01:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A lawsuit between the US Navy and environmental groups in Hawaii has been settled with concessions on both sides. The Navy has agreed to curb its use of sonar waves that have been shown to be harmful to whale populations in its exercises in international waters off Hawaii's ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=178 Clean Energy Solutions, the most recent issue of the US State Department's Economic Perspective series, is devoted to evaluating the current state of both fossil-fuel and renewable energy resources. A review at Treehugger.com sees the very existence of this report as a positive move from a federal government whose ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=177 The state of Washington has recently passed a law requiring computer and other electronic equipment manufacturers to provide recycling facilities for their products. The law is an attempt to prevent dangerous chemicals from making their way into groundwater and consequently the food supply. According to The Olympian ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=175 Today's The New York Times reports on the possibilities of economic growth and independence from foreign oil imports offered by developing new ethanol-based fuels, a trend which has already created a boost in the economy for small towns : dozens of factories that turn corn into the gasoline substitute ethanol are ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=174 CNW reports on a plan set forth by the Asia-Pacific Partnership, a coalition including the United States and Australia, which attempts to create "less stringent" alternatives to the Kyoto Protocols that would focus less on reducing emissions and more on development of clean techonologies: Greenpeace today condemned any attempt ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=172 China Daily reports on the recent China-Japan Energy summit: China and Japan started a forum on energy saving Monday in Tokyo, aiming to enhance the two countries ' cooperation on energy efficiency and environment protection. At the opening of the forum, visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said China has set a ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=171 More than a century ago a blustery Wyoming politician named Fenimore Chatterton boasted that his state alone had enough coal to "weld every tie that binds, drive every wheel, change the North Pole into a tropical region, or smelt all hell!" His words seem prophetic. The future for American energy users is ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=170 A study from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration suggests that trade wind patterns are weakening due to the effects of global warming. Scientists argue that a disruption of atmospheric circulation could have devastating effects on oceanic ecosystems. The UK Guardian reports: The winds, which bring rains to the ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=169 A federal study commissioned by the Bush administration concluded that lower atmospheric temperatures were indeed rising. The first of 21 studies by the Climate Change Science Program suggested that there was substantial evidence of human impact on the global climate system. An article in the New York Times ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=168 The World Conservation Union has added polar bears and hippos to a list of 16,119 species that are at the highest levels of extinction threat. A recent study by the World Conservation Union, also known as the IUCN, reports that the number of critically endangered species has risen by ... http://www.ecocomputing.org/wp/?p=167